I was issued a Z10 from work the day before it launched (I work for Bell Canada, a lot of us were issued the device) and I'm absolutely in love with the device. It's been a huge success sales wise.

Nexus S, Galaxy and 4 all have fixed storage, and the 4 doesn't offer a removable battery.

Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic device, but you need to reset your expectations of what the devices are and aren't.

Balance quite easily looks like the single best feature of the device.

I wonder if we simply haven't deployed BES 10 yet. I'll have to inquire about that.

Thanks!

No. I have a device that I use for work, and with my Bold 9900 we had to use BES to get our corporate email (Bell Canada). With my Z10, it was as simple as putting my new SIM into the device, and setting up Exchange ActiveSync. However (I haven't 100% confirmed this yet) BlackBerry Balance (BBB?) doesn't work unless yo use BES. I can't for the life of my figure out how to split the device into two work environments.

correct, It crashed Chrome, Safari, itunes and text edit on my MBP w/ ML, but the F does have to be capitalized.

I have three of that exact drive in a box in the basement. The first two get used to rip, the other gets used to write. Best drive I have ever owned, hands down.

so, plug it into a wallwart, instead of a computer?

I remember hearing about this, but I have never been able to find the claimed footage. Wasn't this debunked as a hoax?

This is exactly what happened with me.

I'd been using Debian and its various derivatives since Woody was the unstable distribution, and I had always been happy with it (so I thought)

Then, in April it was time to buy myself a new laptop, and I bought a 13" MacBook Pro on a whim, knowing that I could install Debian if I wanted to with no issues, but I figured I would try OSX out to see what the deal is.

5 months later, Debian has been relegated to running in a VM Ware Fusion instance that takes up 8GB of disk space, and gets booted once a month or so, and I am really wishing I had just bought a Mac back in '99 when I first started pissing around with Debian.

2 year, even if you own the hardware? Don't you have the option of just going month to month? I'm in Canada (land of the 3 year contract!), but I will gladly sign a person up month to month if they own hardware, or are willing to purchase it at retail price.

The credit check I totally understand, the carrier needs to know that you have a habit of paying the bill. That parts makes sense, and shouldn't be a problem.

No, I don't deny the short comings, I'm actually fairly objective on this, and very consistent.

It's not a perfect platform, it's a very, very far way from it, but it is FAR better than WinMo or WinCE ever were. It has a clean and consistent interface that I have personally found to be lacking from other platforms, and that is something that I like.

I love that the OS, honestly, just gets out of the way and lets me get to what I want quickly and efficiently.

I use my phone for very specific things, I don't load it down with a bunch of apps (regardless of what phone is in my pocket, this is true) and I use it as a tool to get a job done.

I have a blinking notification to inform me of missing messages, but the screen stays off.

I am sure this could be changed with an app of some kind, but I have never looked for one, as that is not a desired feature for me personally.

My Optimus Quantum is essentially a spare phone, that sits in the glove box of the girl friends car with a prepaid sim in it. She has a bad habit of leaving her phone at home, and wants to be able to call 911 in an emergency.

That was poorly said. I had used it device as a personal line for 3, maybe 4 months before I replaced it with my HD7. The features have been used, just not since I reset the data on it and gave it to her to use for her back up.

No, I have a couple of the older devices and they were complete abominations. It wasn't until 7 that I ever used it for more than a week with out giving up on it. Even 7 took me a good 6 months of playing with it in store to get my hands on a device, and drop Android for my personal device.

WP7 is FAR from perfect, and yes, there are certain apps (Skype is definitely one of them) that would truly benefit from proper multitasking.

Angry Birds, which is by FAR the most common App that I am asked about, doesn't care one way or the other.